Love and hate: expressive photos of the great William Klein

"Black humor, absurdity, panic are my tools," is how the legendary William Klein describes his work. He is a photographer from God, once studied painting, but never studied photography. He is called the godfather of street photography and an innovator in the field of fashion photography. His works are known for their irony and do not leave anyone indifferent.

In an attempt to analyze the legacy of the legendary master. They have both love and hate, and sloppiness of focus, and graphic clarity of lines. Slender models of Vogue magazine, with which the photographer collaborated for many years, are side by side here with the chained inhabitants of the New York streets of the 50s. But all these frames have a wonderful property to convey the plasticity of the figure, to touch the living, to convey the very essence.

"The photos are like X-rays − as if I predict who these people are and what kind of life they have. That's the whole point of street photography," the photographer confessed.

A bikini. A girl on the Moscow River, 1959.

On the street of New York, 1955.

Models in Morocco, 1960s.

Marie and the dove in a Paris cafe, 1957.

Pistol-1, New York, 1955.

Isabella, the dove and the mirrors. Paris, shooting for Vogue, 1963.

Dwarf and alcoholic beverages, 1955.

Model Barbara Mollen for Vogue Paris, 1966.

Dancing in Brooklyn, 1954.

Allegro Fortissimo Club, Paris, 1980.

Girls in the dressing room, 60s.

Movements and Pepsi, New York, 1955.

Paris, 1960.

Movie Poster, Tokyo, 1961.

Fashion shooting in Cairo, 1961.

Moscow, 1959. Georgian tourist.

New York, shooting for Vogue magazine, 1962.

Pistol-2, New York, 1955.

Model at breakfast, 1950s.

Dance happening, Tokyo, 1961.

Nina and Simone, Rome, shooting for Vogue magazine, 1960.